Chris Ramsey on Trump, Brexit and Geordie accents

From hosting his own topical weekly chat show to embarking on his next mammoth UK tour, it's set to be another busy year for Geordie comedian Chris Ramsey. But it was by no means an easy path to the top...

Chris Ramsey interview

Chris Ramsey on his new show, stand-up tour and why his wife might be trying to kill him.

The Tyneside titter merchant invites another unwitting audience back to the bowels of his basement for a bucketful of banter. Guests joining the titular cellar-dweller tonight are Towie mainstay-turned-factual frontman Joey Essex and Almost Royal aristo-impersonator Ed Gamble. Expect the usual extravaganza of party games and curious challenges, including a physical train-based trial set by England rugby star James Haskell.

Video: Chris Ramsey on the best moments in stand-up

Chris Ramsey is a stand-up comedian and actor from South Shields. Here he vlogs for The Huffington Post UK on his embarrassing moments, what inspired him to become a comedian and the best joke he's heard.

A new offering in which the geordie comic welcomes guests to a TV studio seemingly decked out to resemble a teenage boy's bedroom, where he besieges them with games and challenges. Like Ramsey himself, it's amusing and good-natured, although Jimmy Carr's reliably sharp, close-to-the-bone gags threaten to overshadow both the host and fellow guest Natasia Demetriou in places. Plus, ever-orange Vicky Pattison offers tanning tips.

The Chris Ramsey Show preview

This is the WKD of comedy. Broadcasters are putting their faith in Chris Ramsey being the next Russell Howard in the 'cheery comedian with youth appeal' demographic, but this is a cheap and vacuous platform, even if his innate, good-natured likability keeps the show afloat.

The Chris Ramsey Show review

The best way to sum up The Chris Ramsey Show is that is comes across as the sort of programme ITV2 might have shown, but even they thought it was beneath them.

I talk to: Chris Ramsey

Here's what Chris had to say about the rest of the series, when I caught up with him for a chat...